Crews from Vail Fire and Emergency Services will conduct pile burn operations over the next few months as conditions permit.

As winter weather approaches, local forestry companies are preparing for pile burning season — a critical but often misunderstood step in reducing wildfire risk across Summit and Wasatch counties.

Spontaneous combustion can cause mulch or compost piles to ignite on their own. The Mills River fire started Oct. 4. The fire is too deep to be put out with water. A fire at a Mills River mulch yard ...

The pile of trees, bushes and organic debris just keeps getting bigger. Throughout the work day, every day, trucks and trailers pull up to the field just south of Reems Creek Road, near Pink Fox Cove ...

Black Hills, S.D. (KELO) — Wildfire crews spent the majority of fall preparing burn piles throughout the Black Hills to be ready for the winter months. They use this time to prepare for the upcoming ...

Deschutes National Forest firefighters are continuing pile burning operations Wednesday across the forest, officials said. Here's the Forest Service roundup of current pile burning locations: The Bend ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Natural Resources Missoula Unit will begin pile burning on Monday, with additional pile burns planned through Dec. 1. The burning, on state land, aims to ...

Two days after Stanislaus National Forest firefighters began burning piles of wood debris in the Clarks Fork Road-Montgomery Meadow area in the forest’s Mi-Wok/Summit Ranger District, the forest ...